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Pennsylvania
Electric Railway Bed Trail
0.7 mi
Distance
100 ft
Gain
16 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Gettysburg National Military Park
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Electric Railway Bed Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 100 ft
- Elevation loss
- 100 ft
- Highest point
- 536 ft
- Lowest point
- 480 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Electric Railway Bed Trail is a short out-and-back hike in Pennsylvania covering 0.70 miles with 54 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a railway bed and returns via the same path it went out on.
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